I do not know the technical reasons how, but I do know that 300Mhz has been the low end of cpufreq-set for a good long time now. Which is what the ondemand governor uses when CPU load is less than ~66%. Otherwise the processor can go up to 1Ghz when CPU load is greater than ~66%.
Anyway, I've been using ondemand mostly for well over a year I believe. No ill effects on my circuitco A5A, or element 14 REV C's( we have 2 A5A's and 3 REV C's ). On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 11:44 AM, Mark Ruys <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm confused how the BBB can run on 300 MHz. > > The BeagleBone has a AM3358 processor, and according to > http://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/am3358.pdf, it supports 600, 800, and > 1000 Mhz, not 300 MHz. Still, using tools like cpufreq-set, you can set the > frequency to 300. The power usage drops indeed and the CPU power is lowered > pro rato. > > Does someone what happens? Is 300 a frequency which is unsupported by TI's > AM3358? If so, are there any risks? > > Thanks, Mark > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
